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Well as i'm sure everyone already knows, there was a total solar eclipse that passed though the US on August 21st. I was invited to join Jay Pasachoff and the rest of his team from Williams College. We setup at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon...

So, I got an email recently from a colleague who is not familiar with Linux and had a handful of questions about Linux, ARM, and how this worked with TheSkyX. When I was finished with my answer, I realized it would make a great blog topic. If all these...

There's a new daily build in town... for Windows anyway, and the other OS's as soon as Daniel can get to them (my remote powers can only do so much ;-) Look for Build 11012. Well, I am very pleased with the feedback so far from the many users...

I've been an amateur astronomer since childhood, and for years even after I starting working here at Software Bisque, I would say "Oh, I'm a visual guy...", to deflect any expectations about my astrophotography skills. About 20 years...

Back in May 2014, Lisa Judd of the ASTROCON Vendor Committee sent us an email about the ASTROCON 2017 Conference and the Great American Eclipse the following day. I remember thinking, “Why start planning now for an event three years from now? I...

Back in the real world, and at my other job, System Overlord of SBO (Sommers-Bausch Observatory, CU Boulder), we purchased two Paramount Tarus 500 mounts with Planewave 20" CDK Telescopes this winter. Until recently, they had been running with a...

There is an old adage... "one size does not really fit all". TheSkyX professional currently is the result of hundreds of man-years of development and experience. It is without a doubt the most state of the art imaging system money can buy. That...

Well here goes the whole crazy story of this trip. It started out with an awfully long flight to Frankfurt, however since we had a twelve hour layover, I decided to check out the town and do some exploring. After a few hours, I headed back to the hotel...

Well, I arrived back in the US yesterday after 24 hours in the air. And today I am back at work at Software Bisque. The trip went quite well, however I can not say overall if the project was a success or not, as at this time the data has not been analyzed...

This morning went quite well! Despite the forecast predicting clouds, the sky at my site was totally clear. However, it was quite windy, so we held up a tarp to protect the telescope and keep it stable. My team got the data, and it sounds like other teams...

Well tonight was a success and a failure. My partner and I were able to get setup and tracking on the sky at our chosen site, but then the clouds rolled in and ruined everything. Luckily last night was only the practice run. Hopefully tonight is much...

Well I am now only two days away for the event that has brought me to South Africa. For reference what I am observing is actually quite simple. In the most basic of terms we are observing a small solar system object, like an asteroid, that is out past...

... deep in the heart of Texas! And I'm back! I've just completed driving to West Texas from Central Florida and home again, a formidable trip. I must say, I'm laughing at one or two friends who have emailed me TWICE since leaving TSP because...

Well today I arrived in South Africa. Most of today was spent working on logistics, picking up cars, checking into hotels, and picking up telescopes. The best part was getting to practice setting up the telescopes. We had about 10 big portable scopes...

Well here goes my first blog post. I recently joined Software Bisque as a Systems Engineer and the Staff Astrophysicist. I also work at Sommers-Baush Observatory at The University of Colorado Boulder as the "Systems Overlord", which is a fun...